[Elzevir Press] Varenius, Bernhard. Descriptio Regni Japoniae. Cum quibusdam affinis materiae

Ex variis auct. collecta et in ordinem red. per Bernardum Varenium [together with] Tractatus in quo agitur. De Japoniorum religione. De Christianae religionis introductione in ea loca, De ejusdem exstirpatione. Amst., Elsevier, 1649. 2 parts in 1. (48),267; (8),320 p. Engr. frontisp. and fold. table. Cont. overlapping vellum, manuscript title on spine. 16mo.

First flyleaf w. handwritten written note, stamp in red on flyleaf, 2nd title w. tear without loss. Very good copy. The first part includes a chapter about Siam (Thailand) possibly by the Dutch navigator Willem Corneliszoon Schouten.